UMass Boston

Are you a Massachusetts brewery or craft beverage manufacturer seeking recognition and green technical assistance?

Complete the self-assessment form that matches your facility size below and send it to Vesela.Veleva@umb.edu. For questions or to request onsite technical assistance, email Vesela directly.

• Small-size (less than 1,000 barrels/year)
• Medium-size (1,001–10,000 barrels/year)
• Large-size (over 10,000 barrels/year)

The following Massachusetts breweries have participated in the program as of November 27, 2023.

• 7th Wave Brewing
• Aeronaut Brewing (merged with Dorchester Brewing and closed in March 2024)
• Barrel House Z
• Bent Water Brewing
• Blisspoint Meadery
• Bone Up Brewing (closed in Jan. 2024)
• Brick & Feather Brewery (closed in Dec. 2024)
• Cambridge Brewing (closed in Dec. 2024)
• Castle Island Brewing
• Coastal Mass. Brewing
• CraftRoots Brewery
• Democracy Brewing
• East Regiment Beer Company
• Element Brewing & Distilling
• Exhibit 'A' Brewing (closed in Aug. 2024)
• Gentile Brewing
• Jack’s Abby Craft Lagers
• Lamplighter Brewing
• Lost Shoe Brewing & Roasting
• North Country Hard Cider
• Old Planters Brewing
• Pigeon Cove Ferments (Kombucha)
• Portico Brewing
• Redemption Rock Brewing (closed Dec. 2024)
• Remnant Brewing
• RiverWalk Brewing
• Rockport Brewing
• Roundhead Brewing
• The Brewery at Four Star Farms
• Trillium Brewing Company
• True North Ales
• Untold Brewing
• Wormtown Brewery (acquired by Jack's Abby in 2024)

Welcome to the official map of New England's eco-conscious craft beverage producers! Proudly awarded the "Green Beverage" designation by the BetterBev initiative, these artisans are leading the way in environmental stewardship.

Our mission is clear: to spotlight and honor craft beverage producers committed to continuous environmental improvement. From conserving water to slashing energy usage and minimizing toxic chemicals and waste, these champions embody sustainability in every sip.

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Environmental Organizations and Partners

• Environmental Protection Agency Office of Pollution Prevention (P2)
• Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection
• Maryland Environmental Finance Center
• New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services
• State of Rhode Island, Department of Environmental Management
• University of Southern Maine

Technical Assistance Partners

• Center for EcoTechnology
• Industrial Assessment Center at the University of Massachusetts Amherst
• Mass Save
• Massachusetts Office of Technical Assistance and Technology (OTA)
• Toxics Use Reduction Institute (TURI)

Brewing Organization Partners:

• Massachusetts Brewers Guild
• National Brewers Association

• Vesela Veleva, ScD. (Principal Investigator), Senior Lecturer II and SERC Co-Director
• Michael Tlusty, PhD (Co-Investigator), Associate Professor, School for the Environment
• Benyamin Lichtenstein, PhD (Co-Investigator), Associate Professor in Entrepreneurship, College of Management
• Avery Kaplan (Project Manager), Avery.Kaplan@umb.edu
• Rob Vandenabeele (Former Project Manager), EcoFriendlyBeerDrinker
• Graduate Assistants: Kevin Bleau, Garima Gnu, Coleman Horsley, Joy Mohr, Paul Mulvey, Nathan Dziadul, Lara Cardoso, Shelby Amsel, Morgan Martel, Sahaja Ganapathy.
• Students enrolled in the graduate class MBAMGT671/UPCD671 Introduction to Environmental Management and undergraduate class MGT481/ENVSTY481 Introduction to Environmental Management & Clean Energy 
• And, of course, our Brewers and other craft beverage manufacturers!